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Centre to install air purifier towers to curb air pollution in Delhi-NCR
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Dec1 (ANI): With an aim to combat the menace of air pollution in Delhi and national capital region, the Central Government has decided to deploy large -scale air purifying system named Adaptive Clean Air Network, which will be a pilot demonstration for a smog tower in t
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Delhi air quality improves to 'satisfactory', SAFAR advices people to 'enj
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Nov 29 (ANI): People residing in the national capital heaved a sigh of relief as air pollution levels improved significantly on Friday.
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Parliamentary Standing Committee calls meeting on Dec 5 over effects of po
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Nov 27 (ANI): Parliamentary Standing Committee on Urban Development has called for a meeting to discuss the effects of air pollution on lungs in specific and overall health of citizens of Delhi, on December 5.
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Increase in air pollution linked to higher glaucoma risk
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
Washington D.C [USA], Nov 26 (ANI): In a recent study it has been found that people residing in places with higher amounts of fine particulate matter pollution were 6 per cent more likely to suffer from glaucoma than those in the least polluted areas.
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Delhi: Air quality remains 'poor' despite early morning drizzle
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Nov 26 (ANI): The air quality of Delhi on Tuesday remained in the 'poor' category for the second consecutive day with overall Air Quality Index (AQI) at 242 with PM10 at 157 and PM2.5 at 70 at 9 am, said System of Air Quality and Weather Forecasting And Research (SAFAR).
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People forced to live in gas chamber, it's better to kill them: SC rips in
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Nov 25 (ANI): The Supreme Court on Monday slammed Punjab, Haryana, Delhi, and Uttar Pradesh government for failing to curb stubble burning and also came down heavily on the Central government for not taking concrete steps to improve the deteriorating air quality in the nat
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Supreme Court pulls up Punjab, Haryana govt over stubble burning
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Nov 25 (ANI): The Supreme Court on Monday pulled up the governments of Punjab and Haryana for failing to take steps against stubble burning.
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'Get explosives...better kill them in one go', SC rebukes govt over air po
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Nov 25 (ANI): Why are people being forced to live in a gas chamber? It is better to kill them in one go, said the Supreme Court on Monday while pulling up the Central government for not taking action over deteriorating air quality in the national capital.
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Delhi: 400 fire personnel deployed in two days to tackle air pollution
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Nov 24 (ANI): As many as 400 fire personnel were deployed and sprayed over five lakh litres of water in the city in the last two days by the Delhi fire service to tackle pollution here.
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Delhi air quality shows slight improvement with overall AQI at 239 on Sund
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Nov 24 (ANI): Delhi gasped for breath on yet another day as the Air Quality Index (AQI) was in the 'poor' category, even though it recorded a slight improvement on Sunday.
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Delhi Fire Service deploys 20 fire tenders across city to counter air poll
Updated : 6 years, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Nov 23 (ANI): Delhi Fire Service on Saturday deployed 20 fire tenders to spray water on trees and roads at polluted areas in the city as a measure to control pollution levels.
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Delhi gasps for breath, AQI remains in 'very poor' category
Updated : 6 years, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Nov 23 (ANI): People residing in the national capital were breathing polluted air for the third consecutive day on Saturday with overall AQI at 326, which falls in the 'very poor' category, at 9 in the morning.
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